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Teenagers who love to tango or to swing and ballroom dance?

"It's a nice change from the normal dancing we do," says West Seattle High senior Sophia Sandvig.

With four high schools left to go, the Seattle Public School District is making their final transition from using yellow buses to using King County Metro to transport students next year.

The program will cost less and will allow students…MORE

Dog owners who walk their critters in the Fauntleroy Watershed have been caught by some kids in primary school with letting Fido walk without a leash where a leash is required.

Those kids at KapKa Primary School on Phinney Ridge became…MORE

The Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market - the only farmers market in the state dedicated to environmental farming practices -- opens on Saturday, June 7, at the South Marina Park.

The Des Moines market is one of three in the Highline area…MORE

The West Seattle Junction Association has been given a grant of $10,000 from the Office of Economic Development.

It was one of 18 grants to Neighborhood Business District Associations throughout Seattle to continue the city's investments…MORE

The Des Moines "Storefront Studio" Project, which is producing a series of "picture postcards" that depict a revitalized downtown and waterfront, concludes with a free open house on Friday, June 6.

These visual concepts will be on display…MORE

The city has unveiled the first of four plug-in hybrid electric vehicles it will test over the next year.

Specifically, the project will test technology used to convert four existing Priuses in the city's fleet to 100-miles-per-gallon…MORE

With commencement ceremonies for Highline high schools looming on June 16 and 17, a number of twelfth-graders and their parents are breathing a sigh of relief.

The Class of 2008 is the first group of seniors in the state required to pass…MORE

Last Oct. 10 Maria Cantwell headlined the grand opening of Propel Biofuels' fuel station at Bernie's Automotive in Ballard, its first of 15 planned. The senator praised the $3.59 per gallon biodiesel for its renewability, minimal discharge of CO2…MORE

The Hi-Liners non-profit youth theatre organization has hired Esther Margaret O'Farrell as its first marketing director.

O'Farrell developed her management and marketing skills at Microsoft.

She has worked in the non-profit sector…MORE